Programmable LEGO For Educational purposes.

[JopieK]

Hi guys and gals,

a colleague and I have been asked to develop some project with LEGO: we work in an Engineering school (university of applied sciences). We have decided split it into two themes (two groups of 2-3 students), factory automation and domotics. For factory automation the EV3 seems to be most appropriate at least for the basics. Maybe something towards GBC or something. Themes around it include Digital Twin, factory automation, etc. The research question (that other colleagues defined, but they don't have the time to work things out) behind the project was "is LEGO Mindstorms also appropriate for Higher Education teaching".

Of course the answer is yes we AFOLs would say, but with the new Bluetooth sets we should not limit it even to Mindstorms we think, so it would be great to try the same for domotics but maybe more with the Powered Up / Boost / WeDo 2.0 / Control+. As others will also need to use it for now the idea is to stick to genuine LEGO products although we could add a Raspberry Pi or something as a main controller. Do you guys have any experience with connecting multiple devices already? I know it is possible using Bluetooth. We would prefer graphical programming, but Python or something would be also doable I think.

The budget for parts is at least 2500€, the only thing is that my colleague and I are very busy so although I would like to also find out more about things myself (and even revamp by Powered Up app, due to work / research projects we are unable to dedicate a lot of time apart from coaching to the project).

Any input / ideas appreciated!!!

[9v system]

1 hour ago, JopieK said:

Hi guys and gals,

a colleague and I have been asked to develop some project with LEGO: we work in an Engineering school (university of applied sciences). We have decided split it into two themes (two groups of 2-3 students), factory automation and domotics. For factory automation the EV3 seems to be most appropriate at least for the basics. Maybe something towards GBC or something. Themes around it include Digital Twin, factory automation, etc. The research question (that other colleagues defined, but they don't have the time to work things out) behind the project was "is LEGO Mindstorms also appropriate for Higher Education teaching".

Of course the answer is yes we AFOLs would say, but with the new Bluetooth sets we should not limit it even to Mindstorms we think, so it would be great to try the same for domotics but maybe more with the Powered Up / Boost / WeDo 2.0 / Control+. As others will also need to use it for now the idea is to stick to genuine LEGO products although we could add a Raspberry Pi or something as a main controller. Do you guys have any experience with connecting multiple devices already? I know it is possible using Bluetooth. We would prefer graphical programming, but Python or something would be also doable I think.

The budget for parts is at least 2500€, the only thing is that my colleague and I are very busy so although I would like to also find out more about things myself (and even revamp by Powered Up app, due to work / research projects we are unable to dedicate a lot of time apart from coaching to the project).

Any input / ideas appreciated!!!

akiyukis ball factory is a good one for automation as it does lots of things of the one motor

[Berthil]

May be this is a good staring point. Looks good and one can develop and attach more to it and make it as big as you want. There is also not a ton of bricks in there and can also be done with normal tracks instead of the narrow tracks. Programming is visual as you can see, no need for time consuming third party Raspberries etc. but multiple devices needed for programming.
https://akiyuki.jp/en/works/1667

 

Edited October 3, 2019 by Berthil

[JopieK]

Looks really great! Now we need to find students that fall for it (getting credits for building with LEGO who wouldn't want that, but the competition with other projects is fierce I understand :)).

Indeed without the Pi would be best as we want to focus on what is possible with LEGO for simulation / automation. Of course I know also of those great factories from LEGO World etc but time is too limited to do that for those students, the akiyuki one is a really great starting point!

[richmond202008]

On 10/3/2019 at 5:02 AM, Berthil said:

May be this is a good staring point. Looks good and one can develop and attach more to it and make it as big as you want. There is also not a ton of bricks in there and can also be done with normal tracks instead of the narrow tracks. Programming is visual as you can see, no need for time consuming third party Raspberries etc. but multiple devices needed for programming.
https://akiyuki.jp/en/works/1667

 

Hello.

i need help use app for this cars.Powered up app .

please , thanks